We’re gonna get this sick and twisted party started with the story of a bus driver and 26 children who quite literally dug themselves out of a pit of despair.

Thank you to my sources:

• CNN.com “He Kidnapped 27 People from a School Bus and Helped Bury them Alive. Now a Victim is Stunned That He May Soon Walk Free.” - Holly Yan 
• 48 Hours “The Chowchilla Kidnapping” Season 32 Episode 5 
• Ranker.com “The Story of the Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping, One of the Biggest Abductions in US History.” - Jodi Smith 
• WTSP.com “Parole recommended for 1976 California school bus hijacker Frederick Woods” - Don Thompson (Associated Press)